Behind a stonewall entrance, a spacious Colonial stands on beautifully landscaped property at 8 West Hill Road in Mendon.

It has a fairy-tale master bedroom with large Palladian windows, a hardwood floor and a propane fireplace. The eat-in kitchen is given great warmth by its stylish red birch cabinets and facings on the refrigerator and dishwasher. And the large family room, with a cathedral ceiling, many windows and a propane fireplace, is a great place to hang out with family or guests.

The house was custom built in 1999. It offers approximately 3,972 square feet of living space, including 620 square feet in the finished section of the basement. It’s listed for $559,900 by real estate agent, Mickey Parente, of Afonso Real Estate.

The house has a regal front with gray vinyl siding, white trim and black shutters. There’s a large atrium window on the second floor above the front door with its swan-necked pediment. To the right of the main section of the house is a single-floor family room, and to the left is a three-bay, heated garage with a side door and windows that make it look like living quarters. Above the garage, on the front and back, are large dormers with double-hung Palladian windows.

Inside the front door is a two-story foyer with a chair rail and picture-frame wainscoting, a narrow closet on each side of the door, a large brass chandelier hanging high above the foyer and a ledge just beneath the chandelier and second-floor atrium window.

Oak hardwood floors throughout the first and second stories, except for the tiled bathrooms and laundry room, add to the elegance.

A large opening to the right of the foyer leads into a lovely 13-by-13-square-foot dining room with white chair rail and picture-frame wainscoting beneath maroon walls and crown molding. A brass chandelier hangs above the dining room table. French doors lead out the back of the room to the eat-in kitchen.

To the left of the foyer is a study with an exquisite wrap-around desk with drawers, cabinets and shelving. The walls are dark green with a white chair rail and picture-frame wainscoting below and recessed lighting above. A French door on the back leads into the kitchen.

The 24-by-14-square-foot kitchen is gorgeous with red birch cabinets, red birch facings on the refrigerator and Bosch dishwasher, granite counters, an island with flat top burners and a black Jenn-Air wall oven with a microwave above it. Pullout shelves in a number of the cabinets and in the pantry add a special touch, as does the recessed lighting.

The open floor plan leads to an eat-in area with an atrium door opening onto a wood deck. There’s a half wall on either side of the entrance to a 24-by-18-square-foot family room with yellow walls, a white cathedral ceiling with a ceiling fan and recessed lights. There’s an arched window on either side of a brick fireplace, along with other windows that fill the room with natural light. There’s a surround-sound system in this room, throughout the house, and even on the deck. The speakers will remain but the amplifying system won’t.

Page 2 of 2 - On the far end of the kitchen, there’s a half bath with a pedestal sink and a laundry room with bead board wainscoting, washer and electric dryer hookups, a sink, a built-in ironing board and a door on to the deck.

The upstairs has three bedrooms, in addition to the master suite. The largest is 13 by 13 square feet. The other two are 13 by 11 square feet. One of them has a cathedral ceiling and one is currently set up as an office. They have large double door closets. In one of them, there’s a pull-down ladder to the attic.

These three bedrooms share a bathroom with a fiberglass tub and shower—the shower head is on a flexible hose—and a linen closet.

A door separates the master suite from the rest of the second floor. The master bathroom has a double-vanity Corian sink, dark wood cabinets and a walk-in fiberglass shower. Although there is no jetted soaking tub, outside just off the deck is a hot tub.

Beyond the master bath is a large walk-in closet with a door to storage under the eaves. And beyond that the hall opens into a gorgeous master bedroom with three double-hung Palladian windows—two of them set in large dormers—a cathedral ceiling with a ceiling fan, a propane fireplace and light bouncing off beige walls and numerous ceiling angles. It’s a totally magical and unique room.

A French door between the foyer and kitchen on the first floor leads down to a 22-by-14-square foot, wall-to-wall carpeted exercise room with a wood fireplace, a half bath and a door to the backyard. A large mechanical room has a cedar closet, a workbench and plenty of storage space.

The house is heated by Burnham oil furnace with five zones of hot water baseboard heating and two zones of central air conditioning. The house has private well water, a septic system, a central vacuum and an alarm system. The backyard is lined by woods and has a tool shed.

For more information about the house or to see it, call Mickey Parente at 508-400-5819.